topfails, and a Dutch-built veffel with three mafts being on her ftarboard tacks, they ran on board each other. After being along-fide each other some time, the Dutchman faid they were finking; and immediately the ship difappeared. The Royal Exchange has received very little damage, except loofening her cathead, and her fore and main chains.

The owners of the Britannia, capt. Harrison, have purchased an Eaft-India fhip of 500 tons, which mounts 24 guns, and have given him the command of her as a reward for his gallantry, in engaging and beating off a large French privateer in his paffage from Guadaloupe.

We hear from Shropshire, that an oak was lately felled near Ludlow in that county, the contents of which are as follow, viz. 36 tons of timber, 42 cords of wood, 200 park pales, and four cords and a half of brackets. A bough broke off before the tree was felled, which weighed seven tons and a half. Two men were employed a month in flocking it. The tree was valued at 138 1.

A large fow, near Hereford, has pigged 21 pigs at one litter.

Extract of a letter from Paray le Monial, in Burgundy in France, June 8.

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nobleman not quite 20 young years old, (the count de B. lieutenant of cavalry) was attacked a few days ago by a mad wolf of an extraordinary fize. The furious animal firft feized the horfe, and tore off fuch large pieces of his flesh, that M. de B. was foon difmounted. Then the wolf flew at him, and

would certainly have torn him in pieces, had he not had great prefence of mind. With one hand he feized the wolf's foaming tongue, and with the other hand one of his paws. After ftruggling a while with the terrible creature, the tongue flipt from him, and his right thumb was bitten off; upon which, notwithstanding the pain he was in, he leaped upon the wolf's back, clapt his knees faft to his flanks, and called out for help to fome armed peafants who were paffing by; but none of those fellows dared to advance. "Well then, fays he, fire; "if you kill me, I forgive you." One of them fired, and three bullets went through the brave officer's coat, but neither he nor the beast were wounded. Another, bolder than his comrades, feeing the cavalier was intrepid and kept firm upon the wolf, came very near and let fly at him; the animal was mortally wounded by this fhot, and after a few more furious motions expired. In this dreadful conflict, befides the lofing of his right thumb, the young count's left hand was torn, and he got feveral bites in his legs and thighs. When he arrived at Bon le Roy, where his regiment lay, he was advised to go down with all speed to the fea; which he accordingly did.

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Paris, June 13. A report was fpread a few days ago, that an action had happened between our troops and thofe of the allies; and tho' it proved falfe, yet it has occafioned the death of the countefs de la Val-Montmorency. She was married a few days after Eafter; and the very next day after the nuptials, the duke de la Val

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took along with him the count his fon, to the marshal duke de Broglio's army. The dread of having loft her husband in that action poffeffed this lady to fuch a degree, that she died of it the 2d inftant in Jefs than 24 hours, in the 15th year of her age. She was daughter of the farmer-general de VieuxMaifons.

Geneva, June 3. The four villains who robbed the Mount of Piety at Rome, have procured our state a letter from the Pope, which our town council received on the 28th paft, by the way of the court of Turin. It was written by the cardinal fecretary of flate at Rome. His eminence writes to our findics, in the pope's name, in terms full of friendship, earnestly defiring them to take thofe villains into cuftody, if they should be found in our city, in order to their being delivered over to the proper judges. According to this letter, the robbery exceeds 200,000 Roman crowns [50,000l. fterling.] Our ftate being proteftant, that they might not be embarraffed in their answer about the pope's titles, the cardinal fays, that by arresting the perfons in queftion, they will rejoice the heart of the "pope my mafter." Thefe are the words of the letter.- In confequence of the enquiry, and the fearch made agreeable to this letter, we have received here as many of the effects ftolen as amount to 25,000 livres, which the villains had delivered to traders to be fold for their account. Thefe will be fent to Romé with a proper anfwer to the letter, which is the only one that this flate hath received from the pope fince the reformation.

time raised to the height of ten or twelve feet perpendicular. At Redbrook, a waggon with five horses, paffing that brook, were with great difficuity faved form being carried away by the rapidity of the water, which rofe fo high, that it ran thro' the house of a farmer there, at least a foot in depth, and in a houfe oppofite was near half way between the floor and the cieling. At Stuckton a gentleman being stopt in his journey by the flood, was obliged to reft in his chariot all night. Great quantities of hay, and thread which was whitening in the meadows near Fordingbridge, were fwept away by the inundation, as were alfo great numbers of hogs, together with their fties. At Gorley eighteen hogs were carried off at once, but faved by the diligence of a neighbouring farmer. The river was fwelled to fuch a height, that it is probable the mills thereon would have been borne down by the violence of the ftream, which would have carried all before it, had not the diligence of the people who attended all night, opening flood-gates and hatches, abated its force by difperfing its

past two in the afternoon, having confumed the faid rope-house, with the fpinning-house, hemp-house, and one of the ftore-houfes with feveral ftores.

The fire began in the upper part of the hatchellers loft, and was fo inftantaneous, that the flame was difcovered as foon as the smoke, through the tiling.

The night had been exceffively tempeftuous, with great flashes of lightning, one of which at eleven o'clock had almost blinded the watchman at his poft; and another, about ten minutes before the flame appeared, had paffed him like a ball of fire, in a line of direction to the place where it broke out.

[Notwithstanding the many exaggerated accounts of the damages fuftained by this accident, it may be affirmed not to exceed forty thoufand pounds.]

The Royal George Eaft In

diaman, capt. Beamish, ar- 9th. rived at Portfmouth from Bengal ; col. Clive and his lady came paffengers in her. As they were coming out of the river of Bengal, they met with an exprefs difpatched from the coaft of Coromandel, with advice that col. Coote, having attacked the French in their intrenchments, the latter were totally defeated with the lofs of their cannon and baggage, gen. Lally wounded, and M. de Buffy and col. Murphy taken prifoners. On our fide, col. Brereton, the fecond in command, was killed. Particulars of this are daily expected..

Fresh advices from Bengal. December 10, 1759. Advice was received, that the company's guardfhip, the Speedwell, was taken by i4

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the French fhips in the gulf of Perfia.

The mogul has been cut off by Wozur, and a boy of eight years of age placed on the throne of the family of Mahomet Shaw. The whole empire is in great confufion and diforder.

January 2, 1760. By a fhip from Manila we are informed, that a French company's fhip was arrived there from the islands, with an account of their being in a moft melancholy and diftrefied fituation, for want of proper fuccours from Europe, which they defpaired of, as the French in Europe had been unfortunate themselves.

Col. Clive was introduced 14th. to his majefly at Kenfington, with Richard Clive, Efq; his father, and were moft graciously received.

It is fuppofed that the general can realize 1,200,000l. in cash, bills, and jewels; that his lady has a cafket of jewels which are eftimated at least 200,000l. So that he may with propriety be faid to be the richeft fubject in the three kingdoms. That gentleman being fento

fible what obligations he lay under col. Lawrence, under whom he firft learned the art of war, by means of which he laid the foundation of his immenfe fortune, was defirous of giving that experienced officer a proof of his generofity, and prevailed on him to accept an annuity of 500l. per annum; which fets the military skill of the one, and the honour and gratitude of the other, in the highest point of view,

Account of the fhips that 15th, have been taken by the French, from June 1, 1756, to June 1, 1760, collected from Lloyd's lifts,

Of which 78 were privateers. During which time we have taken from the French 944 vessels, 243 of which were privateers, many fifhing-boats and small coafters, which would not pay the expences of con demnation.

At the general quarter feffi22d. ons for Leicester, two perfons, concerned in ducking for witches all the poor old women in Glen and Burton Overy, were fentenced to ftand in the pillory twice, and to lay in jail one month.

The corpfe of the late unfortunate earl Ferrers has been taken up, fince its firft interment under the belfry in Pancras church; and, the grave being dug to the depth of 14 feet, it has been ru-buried therein; and a ftone, without any inscription, is placed over it.

Draughts were this day made from the three regiments of 23d. foot guards, to complete the 4 battalions that are ordered for embarkation, under the command of major gen. Cæfar,

Fresh orders were iffued

from the war-office, for eight 25th. men to be draughted out of each company of the three regiments of foot guards, to follow thofe already embarked at Gravefend for Germany. The whole reinforcement intended to be fent, of horse and foot, is faid to be 10,000 effective men, which, with those already in the allied army, make the number of Eng

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lifh troops, now ferving in Germany, about 32000 men

To the Author of the London Magazine.

many

SIR,

At Staunton, in Suffolk, is a vault belonging to the family of the French's. On opening it fome years ago, feveral leaden coffins, with wooden cafes, that had been fixed on biers, were found difplaced, to the great aftonishment of of the inhabitants of the village. It was afterwards properly clofed, and the coffins again placed as before; when about feven years ago, another of the family dying, they were a fecond time found difplaced; and two years after, they were not only found all off the biers, but one coffin, as heavy as to require eight men to raise it, was found on the fourth ftep that leads into the vault. Whence arofe this operation, in which, it is certain, no one had an hand?

N. B. It was occafioned by water, as is imagined; though no figns of it appeared at the different periods of time that the vault was opened.

There was lately felt at Bruffels the smartest shock of an earthquake that has been known in this country in the memory of man. Its impulfe

was a kind of undulation.

Two men grubbed down 29th. a very large old afhen-tree at Lidden near Canterbury, whose circumference at the root was upwards of 50 feet. In the center were two human skeletons almost entire, and by their bones and teeth feem to have been of large ftature; there was a fcymetar or dagger, with fome fort of box heads found by them; their heads lay very near to

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St.Thomas's hofpital, July 30, 1760. Whereas the town has been alarmed with a falfe and wicked report, that the plague is broke out in St. Thomas's hofpital; we the underwritten, (in purfuance of an order of the grand committee of governors held this day) do hereby certify, that the faid report is abfolutely without foundation; and that there are no other diseases amongst the patients than what are ufual in this and all other hofpitals.

Thomas Milner, M. Akenfide, Alexander Ruffel, John Hadley, phyficians to St. Thomas's hospital. T. Baker, Benjamin Cowell, Thomas Smith, furgeons to the faid hofpital. George Whitfield, apothecary to the faid hofpital." above, fpread a general confterna[The wicked report mentioned tion; and the demand for rue and wormwood in Covent-garden market, on Tuefday morning, advanced the price of thofe articles almost forty per cent. and the gardeners fervants were employed all the day in taking those commodities to market.]

Died Mr. Lambert, goaler for the county of Leicester,

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which place he had enjoyed between 20 and 30 years. He was esteemed among the gentlemen as one of the best goalers in the kingdom:

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